A high school student from india
I am currently in the final year of my high school. In India we have this JEE exam (an entrance examination). My parents have made me joined coaching for it since the last year. I personally don't have any interest in preparing for it. I wanna apply to eth Zurich next year for CS. I have been topper since childhood but truly i know that I don't have any practical knowledge about the concepts. All I do is craming, which is something our education system has taught us. I am not satisfied with it.when I talk to other kids about it ,they just say that just prepare for JEE even if it is by craming because according to them after clearing the exam it will become more easy for us to find a good job. But in all these years at school, i haven't learned a single skill which can make me stand out for the job in the field I am looking for.Can you please tell me something which I should try out which will make me learn new things and not just that textbooks stuff which a student forgets after a month. I really wanna learn something more practical which should be actually applicable in real life.